iMasons Member Summit

Overall Agenda
12:30 - 12:40 PM CDT | Welcome Remarks
12:40  - 1:10 PM CDT | Fireside Chat: Data Center Market Overview, U.S. & Texas | DatacenterHawk Mike Netzer host & moderator  Santiago Suinaga from iMasons

1:00 - 1:10 PM CDT | iMasons Climate Accord  Fall Update: Miranda Gardiner& Santiago Suinaga

1:10 - 1:20 PM CDT | Fireside Chat: Collaboration to deliver Industry Growth Santiago Suinaga & Nabeel Mahmood

1:20 - 1:30 PM |  Power Accord & CapEx Benchmark Working Session Overview / Instructions
1:30 - 2:00 PM CDT | Working Session – Power Accord & CapEx Benchmark Study

Data Center Market Overview : US & Texas with DatacenterHawk

Insights on the updated Global capacities with deep dive into the Americas, the U.S. and leading States and Metros in the region. 

How does the Power challenge and the swing from AI Training into Inference may shift the landscape?

With all various deployments, should we need to establish official Asset Class categories for Datacenter deployments?

iMasons Climate Accord Fall Update

Our iCA Executive Director, Miranda Gardiner, will join the iMasons Member Summit at DataCloud USA to share the latest on the iCA Maturity Model (released in February 2025) and upcoming iMasons-GRESB Datacenter Assessment tool. She will provide insights from the iCA's Summer Member Webinar series, provide a glimpse into the future of the Climate Accord, including its upcoming in-person summit in December, and summarize other highlights.

iMasons Power Accord 

Purpose: Powering America’s AI Future — Together. A collaboration between data centers, utilities, and energy leaders to secure time to power for AI and digital infrastructure growth.

iMasons CapEx Benchmark

Estimating CapEx for new Data Center developments has become more challenging than ever considering factors such as: scale, mix of liquid/air cooling, power interconnection investments, off-grid / behind the meter, tariffs. iMasons is bridging the conversation among industry peers to organize info per asset class , geographies and add ons to put together an Industry CapEx Benchmark